Sentence examples for had been shrunk from inspiring English sources

THE Altair was a real computer, almost as if a room-size mainframe had been shrunk down to the size of a breadbox.

Six years later, once the debts were cleared and his empire had been shrunk a little, he regained control and resumed his editorial campaigning.

The legislation, overwhelmingly approved by both parties, envisioned spending eight billion dollars to revive the wetland, which, thanks in large part to heedless development, had been shrunk, chopped, polluted, and drained to the point of terminal decline.

For 18 minutes, speaking at almost breakneck speed, Mr. Pataki painted a vision of a state in which, under his leadership, he asserted, taxes been cut, crime had decreased, the welfare rolls had been shrunk and the rate of state spending had been lowered.

One of NVIDIA's engineers was able to navigate the car around obstacles using teleoperation, as if he had been shrunk down and was sitting in the driver's seat of the miniature vehicle.

The world is not only flat, but it had been shrunk and shrink wrapped because of social media including Facebook, Twitter and Google.

"The building had been shrinking and shrinking".

The economy, which had been shrinking, is growing again.

The population had been shrinking since the 1960s.

All three had been shrink-wrapped in plastic before they were installed in the museum.

Jon Scieszka, who wrote "Robot Zot," said his royalty checks had been shrinking, especially in the last year.